"Gene Kearns" wrote in message
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 12:31:02 -0500, DSK wrote:

del cecchi wrote:
Maybe we should have tolls or permits or licences to use ICW?
Collect
from every boat. $50 for less than 20 feet, $250 for less than 28
feet,
$1000 for 36 feet. Some appropriate price for commercial vessels.
Add
daily and weekly options and away you go. Why should the poor
folks
money be spent on recreation for the rich? Folks should pay their
own
way.

Well, we already do. If the fiscal burden of paying for the ICW is
levied specifically on users, all other taxes should go down, right?


SNIP

DSK

You could make the same argument for hard surfaced roads. Would you?

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Sales tax on Cars and Trucks, License plates, gas tax. Maybe not the
whole bill but goes a long way. Sure, so long as I don't have to pay
for other peoples goodies. Rain forests in Iowa, etc.

del cecchi